Venture Pill E40: Training in Prisons, Recipe SaaS, Manscaped's Series B, and Detecting Alzheimer's
On this week’s dose, (2:07) we kick things off with a discussion on Emerge Career, a startup looking to help incarcerated people build skills to land high-paying, high-demand jobs, fresh off their $3.2M seed round. (5:44) Next, we dive into a discourse on Meez’s $11.5M Series A, and how the company helps chefs and mixologists turn their recipes into interactive tools that enable greater efficiency. (11:09) Then, we talk about Manscaped’s recent Series B, and how the company has established itself as the leading men’s lifestyle consumer brand and male grooming category creator. (13:59) Last, we close out this week’s dose with a breakdown on Neurotrack, a company that’s taking an innovative approach to help people assess, monitor, and strengthen their brain health in hopes of reducing the risk of Alzheimer's, hot off their recent $10M Series D.
Sources:
https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/meez-raises-115m-interactive-recipe-system
https://sacks.substack.com/p/the-saas-metrics-that-matter?s=r
https://www.manscaped.com/pages/we-save-balls
https://vator.tv/news/2022-11-02-digital-cognitive-health-testing-platform-neurotrack-raises-10m